Improvement in iron-clad fence



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BOWYER, OF HUNTsBUne, oruo.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRON-CLAD FENCE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,612, dated April27, 1875; application filed March 8, 1875.

To whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. BOWYER, of Huntsburg,county of Geauga and State of Ohio, have invented a new Iron-Glad Fence,of which the following is aspecification:

This invention relates to an improvement in iron and wood fences, andconsists in covering the posts and rails with sheet metal in such amanner that the metal protects the wood from the weather. The picketsare made of heavy wire, and are passed through the metal covering of therails, so that they do not come in contact with the wood, and the holesin the meta around the pickets, as well as all nail-heads and otherplaces where water would be likely to get in, are soldered up, thusmaking a strong, durable, and economical fence.

To enable others to fully understand my invention I proceed to describethe same in detail, with the aid of the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is a section through the rails.

Wooden posts A are incased in a sheetmetal coat, B, and the rails O arecovered on the top and sides with a sheet-metal covering, 1). The railsare secured to the posts by two pieces of metal, E E, passed through theposts, and which embrace the ends of the rails on each side andunderneath the metal covering, rivets e e 0, through them, securing themfirmly together. The posts are surmounted by metal caps F, which slipdown over the metal covering. The metal covering of the rails embraces astrip of met l, ,0. which lies against the side of the rail. The picketsH are passed through holes made in the metal covering, and pass betweenthe said strip g and the covering. Rivets at suitable intervals throughthe rails and covering secure the same together.

The tops of the pickets may be bent in any suitable design forornamentation. Thejoints of the rails and posts are covered with a metalstrip, and these and all other joints and nailor rivet heads aresoldered over to exclude rain or moisture. The whole may be painted andsanded, and presents aneat and finished appearance.

Having described my invention, I claim- The posts A having the sheetmetal covering B, the rails O with their covering D and strip g, themetal pieces E E, and the pickets H, the whole constructed and combinedas shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOl-Ib A. BOWYEB.

Witnesses:

ALBERT F. TUoKER, A. W. STRONG.

